To: tejek who wrote (164285 ) 3/14/2003 9:57:54 PM From: Joe NYC Read Replies (1) | Respond to Iran Iraq war: . Because both Iran and Iraq used irregular military units, attacked civilian populations, and played down their own losses while playing up those of their opponents, reliable casualty figures do not exist. For example, Iran claimed to have lost 200,000 or fewer of its own citizens, while Iraq claimed to have killed 800,000 Iranians. Neutral estimates come closer to the Iranian claim but are uncertain. Because of different battlefield techniques, Iraq's deaths were probably about half those suffered by Iran. The total number of people killed almost certainly exceeds 300,000. geocities.com No one is sure of the total casualties during the Iran-Iraq war, but estimates range from 500,000 to 1 million dead, 1-2 million wounded, and more than 80,000 prisoners. idf.il It is estimated that Iraq suffered 375,000 casualties during the war. us-israel.org Gulf War: Gulf war plus post war geocities.com Saddam's war against his own people 1987-1988 Saddam launches the Anfal campaign against the Kurds, in which some 180,000 "disappear." 4,000 villages are razed. Depopulation of large areas of eastern Kurdistan. iraqfoundation.org Saddam's troops had slaughtered more than 100,000 Iraqi Kurds and razed 4,500 Kurdish villages in the 1980s. philly.com They have not forgotten for example the "Anfal" campaign of 1988 when Saddam's army razed 5,000 villages and massacred over 180,000 non-Arabs. During recent months, in 2001, hundreds of thousands of Kurds have again been evicted from their homes in the Kirkuk region. They are being replaced by Arab settlers brought in by Saddam to "Arabize" and colonize the Kurdish homeland. mfa.gov.il
